occasion vs outcome

occasion

noun
  • An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. 

  • Need; requirement, necessity. 

  • The time when something happens. 

  • Something which causes something else; a cause. 

  • A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion. 

  • A special event or function. 

  • A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. 

  • A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. 

verb
  • To cause; to produce; to induce 

outcome

noun
  • That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process. 

  • The scoreline; the result. 

  • The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience (often used in the phrase learning outcomes). 

  • The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space. 

How often have the words occasion and outcome occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )